"EI juego dramático y el desarrollo de la expresión corporal en niños de preescolar"

Abstract

Strengthening body expression during the preschool stage is essential for children’s holistic development, as it enables them to communicate emotions, ideas, and experiences through movement, gestures, and interactions with their environment. In this context, dramatic play constitutes a pedagogical strategy that promotes active participation, imagination, creativity, and symbolic representation. This study aimed to analyze and systematize the scientific evidence on the influence of dramatic play on the development of body expression in preschool children. The study used a systematic literature review, following the PRISMA 2020 model and under a documentary-bibliographic approach. A total of 22 scientific articles related to the topic were analyzed, retrieved from databases such as SciELO, Redalyc, Dialnet, ProQuest, and Scopus, as well as official documents from organizations such as UNESCO, UNICEF, and the Ministry of Education of Ecuador. The results show that dramatizations, role-playing, imitation, and theatrical representations promote motor coordination, gestural communication, creativity, spontaneity, and social interaction. It is concluded that dramatic play is an appropriate methodological strategy for strengthening body expression in preschool education. Keywords: Dramatic play, body expression, early childhood education, child development, systematic review.